slipshod

[ slip-shod ]

adjective

1. careless, untidy, or slovenly:

   slipshod work.

   Synonyms: messy, lax, sloppy, loose

2. down-at-heel; seedy; shabby.
3. Archaic. wearing slippers or loose shoes, especially ones worn at the heel.

slipshod

/ ˈslɪpˌʃɒd /

adjective

1. (of an action) negligent; careless
2. (of a person's appearance) slovenly; down-at-heel

Derived Forms

• ˈslipˌshoddiness, noun

Other Words From

• slipshodness slipshoddi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slipshod¹

First recorded in 1570–80; slip ¹ + shod

Word History and Origins

Origin of slipshod¹

C16: from slip ¹+ shod

Example Sentences

That, combined with the process behind the audit — partisan, slipshod, and conspiratorial — makes for a deeply concerning precedent, particularly as other states take up similar efforts.

From Vox

The stalkerware was hidden from device owners, but was fully exposed to hackers who exploited the company’s slipshod security.

From The Daily Beast

Virtually all of the data he claimed to have collected was either slipshod, or, more often yet, downright fabricated.

From Nautilus

What a shame that a slipshod approach by the Obama administration to such a crucial issue has put it all at risk.

From The Daily Beast

There is no other remedy for careless, slipshod sentence-making so effective as the construction of many periodic sentences.

From Project Gutenberg

In the first place, nearly all women's work dealing with feminine subjects is in a special degree disfigured by slipshod writing.

From Project Gutenberg

Instead of seeking how to construct a perfect dwelling place, these slipshod builders spent most of their hours in courtship.

From Project Gutenberg

They moved along in rather a slipshod way and sounded like soft slippers or feet in stockings.

From Project Gutenberg

Too many youths enter upon their business in a languid, half-hearted way, and do their work in a slipshod manner.

From Project Gutenberg